TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Michael
TI  - The complete idiot's guide to music composition
SN  - 1592574033
AV  - MT40 .M649 2005
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Indianapolis, IN
PB  - Alpha
KW  - Composition (Music)
N1  - Includes index; Part :  Before You Start                                                      I; 1 So You Want to Write Your Own Music ...                               3; What kind of composer do you want to be?; 2 The Composer's Toolkit                                               13; Learn what you need to start writing your own music; Part 2:  farmonic (omposition                                                23; 3 Composing with Chords                                               25; The easy way to start composing-chords-first!; 4 Creating More Sophisticated Chord Progressions                       41; Break out ofyour rut and learn how to create really cool chord; progressions-and use fancy extended chords; Part 3:  Melodic Composition                                                 55; 5 Understanding Melody                                                 57; What makes a great melody sound like a great melody? Read this; chapter to find out!; 6 Using Scales and Modes                                               67; Learn how to base your melody on the notes of the major scale; or the minor scale ... or the blues scale ... or the pentatonic scale; ... or the Aeolian mode; 7 Working With a Melodic Outline                                       79; Even complex melodies are easy when you reduce them to their; most essential tones-and then embellish them; 8 Using Rhythm and Syncopation                                         93; Jazz up a boring melody with interesting rhythms!; 9 Shaping a Melody                                                   103; "What kind of contour should your melody have-and why?; 10 Building Tension and Release                                       115; Add interest to any melody by introducing some sort of tension-; and then resolving it; 11 Harmonizing (and Reharmonizing) a Melody                            123; Learn how to put chords to any melody-or make the existing; chords sound more interesting; Part 4:  Developing the Composition                                         133; 12 Creating Longer Compositions                                        135; Where does your composition go after the first 20 seconds? Learn; all sorts of ways to create longer compositions; 13 Employing Repetition and Variation                                 147; Discover dozens of ways to turn a melodic theme into something; different-but related; 14 Creating Multiple-Voice Compositions                               159; How do you turn a simple melody line into a composition for mul-; tiple instruments? Read this chapter to find out!; Part 5:  Advanced Techniques                                              183; 15 Orchestration and Arranging                                        185; Learn how to write for various combinations of instruments and; voices; 16 Working Outside the Basic Key                                     205; Break free of the major scale, using modulations, chromatics, and; nondiatonic chords; 17 Beyond Traditional Composition                                    217; Explore various types of contemporary composition, including; atonalism, serialism, polytonality, and minimalism; 18 Songwriting                                                       225; Writing a song is just composing with lyrics-or is it?
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